POS HSV-2

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

I actually think it’s just a couple people on the thread who have it and want to make it seem like way less than a big deal than it actually is. Most people dating these days are pretty serious about sexual health(at least the people I know in the 30s and 40s groups) and I personally wouldn’t be with anyone before a full std panel which included both Herpes types. And it seems pretty standard.

You can request to be tested for HSV, but it's certainly not standard. It's not exactly a reliable test anyway and the psychological impact generally outweighs any potential health benefit. You should probably be more concerned about HPV. And unless they just invented an HPV test for men, good luck with that. Anyone who thinks they aren't actually at risk and are totally clean are kidding themselves.

In the majority of people-HPV doesn’t cause any visible symptoms and as a woman I get tested for it every year plus with my pap smear that’s considered highly reliable to detect if further testing is needed for cell changes. So yeah unfortunately the HPV worries are on a woman but being exposed to HSV-2 and having painful outbreaks of sores is far worse. But you know that-you are just trying to convince everybody that they already have it which is just simply not the case. And the HSV tests i’ve taken have said they are 99% accurate-so i’m not really sure why you think they are unreliable-they aren’t any more unreliable than any other std test.

It's kind of a bogus premise. Most people with HSV-2 don't even know they have it and never have an outbreak. So if your partner never has an outbreak and the probability of you having an outbreak is low if you contract it, there are worse things to be concerned about.

98% of HSV2 transmits in adulthood during sex. 80-90% of these people know they have HSV2 for certain, because it manifests as outbreak for 80-90% of people very shortly after catching it.
So if the person had never had an outbreak they likely have a very dormant non-infectious form of HVS2, so chances of catching it from them are very low

Stop pretending like HSV2 positive people don't know they have it: at least 80% do know they have it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

I actually think it’s just a couple people on the thread who have it and want to make it seem like way less than a big deal than it actually is. Most people dating these days are pretty serious about sexual health(at least the people I know in the 30s and 40s groups) and I personally wouldn’t be with anyone before a full std panel which included both Herpes types. And it seems pretty standard.

You can request to be tested for HSV, but it's certainly not standard. It's not exactly a reliable test anyway and the psychological impact generally outweighs any potential health benefit. You should probably be more concerned about HPV. And unless they just invented an HPV test for men, good luck with that. Anyone who thinks they aren't actually at risk and are totally clean are kidding themselves.

In the majority of people-HPV doesn’t cause any visible symptoms and as a woman I get tested for it every year plus with my pap smear that’s considered highly reliable to detect if further testing is needed for cell changes. So yeah unfortunately the HPV worries are on a woman but being exposed to HSV-2 and having painful outbreaks of sores is far worse. But you know that-you are just trying to convince everybody that they already have it which is just simply not the case. And the HSV tests i’ve taken have said they are 99% accurate-so i’m not really sure why you think they are unreliable-they aren’t any more unreliable than any other std test.

It's kind of a bogus premise. Most people with HSV-2 don't even know they have it and never have an outbreak. So if your partner never has an outbreak and the probability of you having an outbreak is low if you contract it, there are worse things to be concerned about.

98% of HSV2 transmits in adulthood during sex. 80-90% of these people know they have HSV2 for certain, because it manifests as outbreak for 80-90% of people very shortly after catching it.
So if the person had never had an outbreak they likely have a very dormant non-infectious form of HVS2, so chances of catching it from them are very low

Stop pretending like HSV2 positive people don't know they have it: at least 80% do know they have it

Nobody knows the exact number, but your are in fake news territory. I'm not sure why you aren't concerned about HPV. Your man probably has it and you will probably get it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

I actually think it’s just a couple people on the thread who have it and want to make it seem like way less than a big deal than it actually is. Most people dating these days are pretty serious about sexual health(at least the people I know in the 30s and 40s groups) and I personally wouldn’t be with anyone before a full std panel which included both Herpes types. And it seems pretty standard.

You can request to be tested for HSV, but it's certainly not standard. It's not exactly a reliable test anyway and the psychological impact generally outweighs any potential health benefit. You should probably be more concerned about HPV. And unless they just invented an HPV test for men, good luck with that. Anyone who thinks they aren't actually at risk and are totally clean are kidding themselves.

In the majority of people-HPV doesn’t cause any visible symptoms and as a woman I get tested for it every year plus with my pap smear that’s considered highly reliable to detect if further testing is needed for cell changes. So yeah unfortunately the HPV worries are on a woman but being exposed to HSV-2 and having painful outbreaks of sores is far worse. But you know that-you are just trying to convince everybody that they already have it which is just simply not the case. And the HSV tests i’ve taken have said they are 99% accurate-so i’m not really sure why you think they are unreliable-they aren’t any more unreliable than any other std test.

It's kind of a bogus premise. Most people with HSV-2 don't even know they have it and never have an outbreak. So if your partner never has an outbreak and the probability of you having an outbreak is low if you contract it, there are worse things to be concerned about.

98% of HSV2 transmits in adulthood during sex. 80-90% of these people know they have HSV2 for certain, because it manifests as outbreak for 80-90% of people very shortly after catching it.
So if the person had never had an outbreak they likely have a very dormant non-infectious form of HVS2, so chances of catching it from them are very low

Stop pretending like HSV2 positive people don't know they have it: at least 80% do know they have it

Nobody knows the exact number, but your are in fake news territory. I'm not sure why you aren't concerned about HPV. Your man probably has it and you will probably get it.

You are responding to multiple posters-i’m not the pp but I was the one who responded about HPV. I get tested for HPV every year and i’m married and have been for quite some time (not saying full proof but simply saying i’m not out there dating). And I also recently got the vaccine when they increased the age limit. But you know what-if I get it one day I get it. It’s pretty much completely unpreventable since there is no test for men. I’d still rather have that than HSV-2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

No. We're not all herpetic whores. That's just a slut thing. Sorry, not sorry.

[Anonymous]

it’s actually pretty hard to comprehend that there are adults being sexually active who have never actually been tested for HSV. Maybe I have more anxiety than most people but I haven’t been with that many people but i’ve always been tested after a relationship ends and require testing from the other person before sleeping with them (and I obviously get tested too since i’m asking them-even though I had been tested after the last encounter already).

Are there really people out there who don’t care if they are walking around with this and don’t know?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

No. We're not all herpetic whores. That's just a slut thing. Sorry, not sorry.

So you're just a dumb whore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

No. We're not all herpetic whores. That's just a slut thing. Sorry, not sorry.

So you're just a dumb whore?

I'm not a whore at all. That's the point. Only whores get the herp. Do try to keep up. If you are unable, maybe sit this one out, trollop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

No. We're not all herpetic whores. That's just a slut thing. Sorry, not sorry.

So you're just a dumb whore?

I'm not a whore at all. That's the point. Only whores get the herp. Do try to keep up. If you are unable, maybe sit this one out, trollop.

Oh but you are. Only whores call other women whores and sluts. WHORE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it’s actually pretty hard to comprehend that there are adults being sexually active who have never actually been tested for HSV. Maybe I have more anxiety than most people but I haven’t been with that many people but i’ve always been tested after a relationship ends and require testing from the other person before sleeping with them (and I obviously get tested too since i’m asking them-even though I had been tested after the last encounter already).

Are there really people out there who don’t care if they are walking around with this and don’t know?

It's hard for me to comprehend as well. I'm also testing in between partners for everything and certainly know my and my partner's STD status, including HSV2. I don't understand why anyone would allow a stranger between their sheets with a lower screening standard than tenant history to rent an apartment?

And people who are positive for HSV2 DO know it. They would just start telling "everyone has it"; "CDC doesn't recommend" it. Often men feel like not using condoms even when they have HSV2.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:it’s actually pretty hard to comprehend that there are adults being sexually active who have never actually been tested for HSV. Maybe I have more anxiety than most people but I haven’t been with that many people but i’ve always been tested after a relationship ends and require testing from the other person before sleeping with them (and I obviously get tested too since i’m asking them-even though I had been tested after the last encounter already).

Are there really people out there who don’t care if they are walking around with this and don’t know?

It's hard for me to comprehend as well. I'm also testing in between partners for everything and certainly know my and my partner's STD status, including HSV2. I don't understand why anyone would allow a stranger between their sheets with a lower screening standard than tenant history to rent an apartment?

And people who are positive for HSV2 DO know it. They would just start telling "everyone has it"; "CDC doesn't recommend" it. Often men feel like not using condoms even when they have HSV2.

So you sleep w a lot of men and get treated a lot then?

You know for a full clean bill of health you get tested and then wait 6 weeks and get tested again, right? That’s what you do right.

And you sleep w so many men but not that hsv2 ones so how would you know that they don’t feel like using condoms when they have sex?

Not liking something and doing it to protect your partner are two separate things. But you knew that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it’s actually pretty hard to comprehend that there are adults being sexually active who have never actually been tested for HSV. Maybe I have more anxiety than most people but I haven’t been with that many people but i’ve always been tested after a relationship ends and require testing from the other person before sleeping with them (and I obviously get tested too since i’m asking them-even though I had been tested after the last encounter already).

Are there really people out there who don’t care if they are walking around with this and don’t know?

Most women give it up on the second date so I doubt anything is being checked.

It's good that you're careful but I doubt the vast majority of people are getting regularly tested (or in between relationships) if they don't have any symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

And that tests have a pretty high false negative rate. Meaning even if you get tested for it - if you affirmatively ask for it because it’s not on the standard panel - the results aren’t necessarily conclusive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

And that tests have a pretty high false negative rate. Meaning even if you get tested for it - if you affirmatively ask for it because it’s not on the standard panel - the results aren’t necessarily conclusive.

older tests had a fairly high false positive rate, not negative. But the newer tests are just as conclusive as other std tests at this point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it’s actually pretty hard to comprehend that there are adults being sexually active who have never actually been tested for HSV. Maybe I have more anxiety than most people but I haven’t been with that many people but i’ve always been tested after a relationship ends and require testing from the other person before sleeping with them (and I obviously get tested too since i’m asking them-even though I had been tested after the last encounter already).

Are there really people out there who don’t care if they are walking around with this and don’t know?

It's hard for me to comprehend as well. I'm also testing in between partners for everything and certainly know my and my partner's STD status, including HSV2. I don't understand why anyone would allow a stranger between their sheets with a lower screening standard than tenant history to rent an apartment?

And people who are positive for HSV2 DO know it. They would just start telling "everyone has it"; "CDC doesn't recommend" it. Often men feel like not using condoms even when they have HSV2.

So you sleep w a lot of men and get treated a lot then?

You know for a full clean bill of health you get tested and then wait 6 weeks and get tested again, right? That’s what you do right.

And you sleep w so many men but not that hsv2 ones so how would you know that they don’t feel like using condoms when they have sex?

Not liking something and doing it to protect your partner are two separate things. But you knew that.

I tested 6 weeks after breaking up with someone. I had very few partners in fact, and on average when I dated it would take me 6-9 months to meet someone "relationship worthy". So it's not that hard to prescreen all men I go on dates with in between relationships. But I came across several HSV2 positive men who didn't feel like taking anti virals or using condoms would work for them. I didn't see them after discussing STD status as we were not aligned

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV.

No. We're not all herpetic whores. That's just a slut thing. Sorry, not sorry.

So you're just a dumb whore?

I'm not a whore at all. That's the point. Only whores get the herp. Do try to keep up. If you are unable, maybe sit this one out, trollop.

Just when I think we’re not in the dark ages anymore…

PP will surely live long enough to have to shed some ignorant and puritanical beliefs. My BFF got it from her second BF at age 23 who she dated for 3 years. Maybe PP is the “no sex outside of marriage” freak?